Sign onto this petition to oppose Connecticut Governor Lamont’s decision to severely underfund higher education, a decision that results in significant adverse impacts on CT’s community colleges, state universities and UConn campuses.
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Disproportionally, these cuts impact our most vulnerable students – students of color and non-traditional students trying to further their career aspirations. Almost exclusively, these cuts affect working families, unable to afford the high costs of private education available to the wealthy and privileged. By slashing the services that are necessary for students to succeed, Governor Lamont’s budget has prioritized a rigid adherence to an archaic spending cap over Connecticut’s future workforce.
A strong public higher education system is the cornerstone to combating Connecticut’s extreme levels of wealth inequality across race and class. Students forced to drop out of our public higher ed institutes by and large don’t have other opportunities to further their education. And public higher ed’s positive impact reaches much further beyond student success, lifting up local communities and the state by expanding employment, increasing tax revenues, reducing spending on public services, lowering crime rates, and enhancing civic engagement, political participation, and social harmony.
Petition “Prioritize Higher Education and Address the $200 Million Funding Deficit” on ActionNetwork